Since the academic semester is fully going on, I have also my yearly teaching duties to take care of. This year, I'm teaching in a new class, well, I have taught in this course 11 years ago... but the content is still the same. It is a course for first year students and it is their first organic chemistry laboratory work course. What we will learn there? Firstly, the synthesis acetyl salicylic acid and purifying it by re-crystallization. Then identifying it and its purity by measuring the melting point. Secondly, to identify the main functional groups in the organic molecules with specific detective reactions. And thirdly, to separate a mixture of compounds based on their solubility/lipophilicity (extration) and boiling points (by distillation). Most of all, the main topic is to work safely in the organic chemistry laboratory. After full week of working with 20 years younger ones, I feel so refreshed. 😂 Another week to go!
P.S. The figure is not related to this weeks' teaching.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.